"Setting the Mind on Things Above: The Immediate Practicality of Theoretical Knowledge of God" in Wallace M. Alston, Jr., ed., Theology in the Service of the Church: Essays in Honor of Thomas W. Gillespie (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2000), pp. 140-52.

"Grace and Being: The Role of God's Gracious Election in Karl Barth's Theological Ontology" in John Webster, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp.92-110.

"The End of Reformed Theology? The Voice of Karl Barth in the Doctrinal Chaos of the Present", Wallace Alston, Jr. and Michael Welker, eds., Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity (Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003): 46-64.

"The Being of Holy Scripture is in Becoming: Karl Barth in Conversation with American Evangelical Criticism" in Evangelicals and Scripture: Tradition, Authority and Hermeneutics, ed. by Vincent E. Bacote, Laura C. Miguélez and Dennis L. Okholm (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2004), pp.55-75.

"The Ontological Presuppositions of Barth's Doctrine of the Atonement" in The Glory of the Atonement: Biblical, Historical and Practical Perspectives, ed. by Charles E. Hill and Frank A. James III (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2004), pp. 346-66.

"What's at Stake in Current Debates over Justification? The Crisis of Protestantism in the West" in Justification: What's at Stake in the Current Debates, ed. by Mark A. Husbands and Daniel J. Trier (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2004), pp.81-117.

"'With Loud Cries and Tears': The Humanity of the Son in the Epistle to the Hebrews" in Richard Bauckham, Daniel R. Driver, Trevor A. Hart and Nathan McDonald, eds., The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2009), pp.37-68.

"The Doctrine of the Trinity After Barth: An Attempt to Reconstruct Barth's Doctrine in the Light of His Later Christology" in Myk Habets and Philip Tolliday, eds., Trinity After Barth (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010), pp. 87-118.

"Karl Barth's Version of an 'Analogy of Being': A Dialectical No and Yes to Roman Catholicism" in Thomas Joseph White, O.P., ed., The Analogy of Being: Invention of the Antichrist or the Wisdom of God? (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2011), pp.88-144.

"So That He May Be Merciful to All: Karl Barth and the Problem of Universalism" in Bruce L. McCormack and Clifford B. Anderson, eds., Karl Barth and Ameerican Evangelicalism (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2011), pp.227-49.

"Reformed According to God's Word: What it Means to be `Reformed' Today" [The Osterhaven Lectures for 1998 at Western Theological Seminary. The Josephine So Lectures for 2000 at the China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong.

"The Humility of the Eternal Son: An Outline of Reformed Kenotic Christology." The Thomas F. Torrance Lectures for 2007 (Cambridge University Press).

"The God Who Graciously Elects." The Kantzer Lectures for 2011 (William B. Eerdmans).

Lectures, Conference Presentations

"For Us and Our Salvation: Incarnation and Atonement in the Reformed Tradition." Paper presented at the third session of the official dialogue of the Orthodox Churches and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Kappel am Albis, Switzerland, Mary 9-15, 1992.

"Radical Autonomy or Communicative Freedom? Divine Election and Human Freedom in the Theology of Karl Barth". Lecture given at the Sixth Biennial Barth Conference sponsored by the "Institute for Mission in the U.S.A." (Trinity Lutheran Seminary) and Luther Northwestern Seminary (St. Paul), June 20-22, 1994.

"Knowing God". Paper presented at "God For Us Today: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation", an inter-faith dialogue sponsored by The Institute for Jewish, Christian & Islamic Studies and Relations and the Office of Religious Life at Princeton University and held at the Woodrow Wilson School, 16 October 1994.

"The Von Balthasar Thesis and the Myth of the Neo-orthodox Barth". Annual Meeting of the Karl Barth Society of North America, Chicago, IL, November 18, 1994.

"Beyond Nonfoundational and Postmodern Readings of Barth: Critically Realistic Dialectical Theology". Paper Presented to Seminars at the Universities of Aberdeen, St. Andrews, and London, 19, 22, and 23 April 1996.

"Revelation and History in Transfoundational Perspective: Karl Barth's Theological Epistemology in Conversation with a Schleiermacherian Tradition". Symposium on Revelation and History in Honour of Brian A. Gerrish, University of Chicago School of Divinity, 3 May 1996.

"Credo unam ecclesiam: The Unity of the Church in the Theology of Karl Barth" and "The Role of Doctrine in Identifying Church Unity." Two lectures given at the Seventh Biennial Barth Conference Sponsored by the "Institute for Mission in the U.S.A." (of Trinity Lutheran Seminary) and Luther Seminary (St. Paul), June 22-24, 1996.

"Christ and the Decree: An Unsettled Question for the Reformed Churches Today." [A lecture given 3 September 1997 at the Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference entitled: "Westminster: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow? The Significance of the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms for Contemporary Reformed Theology".]

"Dankeswort", An address given before a gathering of members and guests of the Evangelischer Kirche der Union on December 16, 1998 in Berlin (on the occasion of the awarding to me of the Karl Barth Prize for 1998).

"Strömungen in der zeitgenössischen anglo-amerikanischen Barth-Exegese: Überlegungen eines nachdenklich gestimmten ungebeugten Modernisten" [Guest Lecture on the Occasion of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Death of Karl Barth at the University of Basel on December 18, 1998.]

"The Doctrine of Predestination: A Necessary Article of Faith." Three Lectures given at the First Presbyterian Church of Thomasville, Georgia, September 17-19, 2000.

"Reformed According to God's Word: What It Means to be `Reformed' Today." [The Josephine So Lectures, China Graduate School of Theology, Jan.3-5, 2001.]

"The Being of Holy Scripture is in Becoming: Karl Barth in Conversation with American Evangelical Criticism" [Lecture given at the 10th Annual Wheaton College Theology Conference, April 5, 2001.]

"Schism and Disruption." [A paper presented to the "Ecclesiology/Ecumenism Study Group", sponsored by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology which met in Princeton, NJ, August 4, 2001.]

"The Relevance of the Doctrine of the Trinity." [A lecture to be given in September 2001 at the Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 27, 2001].

"The Significance of Karl Barth's Theological Exegesis of Philippians." Annual meeting of the Karl Barth Society of North American, Denver, Colordado, November 16, 2001.

"What Has Basel to Do with Berlin: The Return of 'Church Dogmatics' in the Schleiermacherian Tradition." Inaugural Address given in Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, 24 April 2002.

"Barths Grundsätzlicher Chalcedonismus?" Lecture given at the 33rd Karl-Barth-Tagung on the Leuenberg, Canton Basel-land, Switzerland, July 22, 2002.

"The Being of Holy Scripture is in Becoming: Karl Barth in Conversation with American Evangelical Criticism." Lecture given at Westminster Theological Seminary, Nov.1, 2002.

"What Has Basel to Do with Berlin: The Return of 'Church Dogmatics' in the Schleiermacherian Tradition." Lecture given at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 3, 2002 and the University of Jena, Germany, on December 6, 2002.

"What's At Stake in Current Debates Over Justification? The Crisis of Protestantism in the West." Lecture given at the 12 Annual Wheaton College Theology Conference, April 11, 2003.

"Justitia Aliena: Karl Barth in Conversation with the Evangelical Doctrine of Imputed Righteousness" [Lecture given at the Rutherford House Dogmatics Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 26, 2003.]

"The One, the Three and the Many: A Tribute to Colin Gunton." Lecture given at the Reformed Theology and History Section of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Atlanta, George, November 21, 2003.

"Dankesworte" - an address given before the Theological Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena, upon receipt of an honorary doctorate, May 25, 2004.

"Theology and Science: Karl Barth's Contribution to an Ongoing Debate." Paper presented at a Doctoral Colloquium at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, May 26, 2004.

"Protestant Identity as a Theological Problem." Lecture given in Kampen, Holland at a conference celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of that Theological University of Kampen, September 3, 2004. The theme of the conference is "Reshaping Protestantism in a Global Context."

"The Foundation of the Christian Life in the Theology of John Calvin." Public lecture given as part of the Reformation Day Lecture series at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain Tennessee on October 25-26, 2004. [The "series" comprised, in addition to this lecture, two chapel addresses entitled "A Strong and Perfect Plea" and "Humility of Mind."]

"Incarnation and Kenosis in Phil.2:6-11." Paper given at a regional gathering of the Evangelical Theological Society in Souderton, Pennsylvania, April 1, 2005.

"The Actuality of God: Karl Barth in Conversation with Molinism and Open Theism." Paper given at the 11th Rutherford House Dogmatics Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 30, 2005.

"Why a Low-Churchman Signed the Princeton Proposal." Paper given on "In One Body Through the Cross: The Princeton Proposal for Christian Unity" at an Ecumenical Conference on the Problems and Prospects Facing Church Unity sponsored by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology and held at the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ, September 13, 2005.

"Karl Barth's Christology as Resource for a Reformed Version of Kenoticism." A Paper Delivered at the "Internationale Karl Barth-Konferenz" in Heidelberg, Germany, October 29, 2005.

"With Loud Cries and Tears: The Humanness of the Son in the Epistle to the Hebrews." A paper delivered at a conference on "Hebrews and Christian Theology" in St. Andrews, Scotland, July 19, 2006.

"So That He May Be Merciful to All: Karl Barth and the Problem of Universalism." A paper delivered at the Second Annual Princeton Barth Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, June 27, 2009.

"Karl Barth as Contemporary: A View from America." An address given on the occasion of the founding of a Barth Research Institute for Eastern Europe, Debrecen, Hungary, June 29, 2007.

"The Humility of the Eternal Son: The Failure of the Older Kenoticism and a New Proposal." A paper delivered at the 12th Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 29, 2007.

"The Humility of the Eternal Son: A Reformed Version of Kenotic Christology." The T.F. Torrance Lectures delivered at the University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, December 3-6, 2007.

"Karl Barth's Version of the Analogia Entis: A Dialectical No and Yes to Roman Catholicism." A paper delivered at a conference devoted to the theme "The Analogy of Being: Invention of the Antichrist or the Wisdom of God?", held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C., April 4, 2008.

"Is There a Future for "Church Dogmatics"? An address on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Karl Barth's death, the University of Basel (Switzerland), December 12, 2008.

"Why Should Theology be Christocentric? A Personal Journey." A plenary address given to the Wesleyan Theological Society at Anderson University (Indiana), March 6, 2009.

"The Concept of Revelation in Modern Theology." A presentation given at a conference devoted to the theme "Philosophy and Revelation: a Celebration of the Centenary of Herman Bavinck's 1908-1909 Stone Lectures," held at Princeton Theological Seminary, sponsored by the Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology, April 17, 2009.

"The Doctrine of the Trinity after Barth: An Attempt to Reconstruct Barth's Doctrine in the Light of Later Christology." A plenary paper delivered at an International Symposium on "Trinitarian Theology After Barth, Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand, May 14-15, 2009.

"Union with Christ in Calvin's Theology: Ground for a Divinisation Theory?" A paper presented at the Calvin 500 Tribute Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, July 9, 2009.

"Credo sanctam ecclesiam: The Holiness of the Church after Barth." A paper delivered at the 13th Ediburgh Dogmatics Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 25, 2009.

"Election and the Trinity: Theses in Response to George Hunsinger." A paper presented at a seminar at St. Mary's College, the University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, August 28, 2009.

"The Only Mediator: The Person and Work of Christ in Evangelical Perspective." A paper delivered at "The Future of Evangelical Mission" conference at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, October 15, 2009.

"Is Barth Finished?" A lecture given at Keble College, Oxford University, on March 8, 2010.

"Witness to the Word: A Barthian Engagement with Reinhard Hütter's Ontology of the Church." A paper presented at the Fifth Round of the Princeton-Protestant Theological University Barth Consulation, August 28, 2010 (Princeton, NJ).

"Barth's Critique of Schleiermacher Reconsidered." A lecture given at the University of Notre Dame, October 8, 2010.

"Abandoned by God: The Death of Christ in Historical, Systematic and Exegetical Perspective." Six lectures given at New College, the University of Edinburgh, January 17-28, 2011.

"Whither Protestant Ecumenism?" A paper presented to a gathering of partners to a global Barth research network in Driebergen, Holland, March 8, 2011.

"Barth's Critique of Schleiermacher Reconsidered." A workshop conducted at the Friedrich Schiller University (Jena, Germany), March 11, 2011.

"Sanctification After Metaphysics: Karl Barth in Conversation with John Wesley's Conception of 'Christian Perfection." A paper delivered in absentia at the 14th Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 30, 2011. [Could not attend due to flight being cancelled by Hurricane Irene. Paper was distributed.]

"God's Gracious Election in the Theology of Karl Barth: Musings on a Possible Way to Move Beyond the Calvinist/Arminian Divide." A paper delivered at the "Rethinking Arminius: Wesleyan and Reformed Theology for the Church Today" held at Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, February 25, 2012.

Panel Discussion (with Christina Smerick and Peter Kline) of Craig Keen's "The Transgression of the Integrity of God." A brief paper given at the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society, March 3, 2012 held at Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, Tennessee.

"Can We Still Speak of 'Justification by Faith'? An In-House Debate with Apocalyptic Readings of Paul." A paper delivered at the "Galatians and Christian Theology" conference in St. Andrews, Scotland, July 13, 2012.

"Essential God-Manhood: Paul Tillich and Karl Barth in Conversation." An address to the Paul Tillich Society delivered on November 19, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.

"Longing for a New World: On Socialism, Eschatology and Apocalyptic in Barth's Early Dialectical Theology." A lecture delivered on the occasion of Symposium on "Dialektisch-theologischer Sozialismus: Karl Barths Theologie zur Zeitdes Ersten Weltkrieges" held at the University of Basel, Switzerland, December 9, 2012.

Member of the Church of Scotland (1987-91). Served as the Edinburgh University Faculty of Divinity's representative on the Church of Scotland's Panel on Doctrine (1988-91); member of the working party on "The Community of Women and Men" - Church of Scotland Department of World Mission and Unity (1990-91).

Member of the PC(USA) "Committee to Write a New Catechism" (charged by the 206th General Assembly with the task of writing a new catechism for the church; work completed and accepted by the 210th General Assembly, 1998).